Addressing-machine.



R. N. ROGERS. ADDRESsING MACHINE. APPLICATION IILED DEC. I3. 1907.

Patented Jan. 19, 1915.]

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ADDRESSING MACHINE. APPLIGATIOK IILED DBG.13, 1907.

Patented J an: 19, 1915.

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ADDRESSING MACHINE.

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Patented Jan. 19, 1915.

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implication illel December 13, 190'! Eerie-l lie. $6,253.

e55 wiwm ii may concern: lines the; l, Hussein. r1. Blooms,

citizen of Jniietl Elteizes, enrl resident of Chicago, Cools county, lllinois new 1n-.

vented certain new and useful Improve- '-menrs in Addresslng-ll lechincs, of Which consernction, of low cost and which even an unskilled goerson may successfully oper' ML:

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' Further and particular objects of the in veniicn are to provide a machine of the class mentioned which shall he of small size; which. shall he durable; which. shall require very lieele power for its operation; xvi icli shall be rapid in action; and, which Snell oerforin its Work neatly sncl eccuplates and the envelope automatically; which shall stack the addressed enrelops; which. shall he provirlealsrith :1 plate drawer, or receptacle, into which the used. plates shall h 1 e oischargecl; which shall he provided with means for close y end regularly packing the plates from the drawer the holler or magazine.

An addressing machine embodying the invention, encl- Wherein the foregoing objects are attained, will he more readily unclerseoocl by reference to the accompanying emptying of ole-wings, forming e. pare of ibis sine. and in Wl'iicli- Figure 1 is a plan View of the addressing machine; is 2-. side elevation of she machine with a poreion of its upper pert or lied broken away to show the manner in which the type-plates leave the seeckholder or magazine and approach the inking de vice; l ig. 3 is n VQllLlCill section of the recoil-- nnism es the front end of the machine; 2. ancl 5 are like sections showing she posinons of the parts at oeher inseents; Fig. 6 is a. front end elevation; the end of the plate drawer being broken away 530 oertefrlisclose the type plate. pecker; Fig. '1 illustrates the envelop stacking (levice; Fig. 8 is a. sectional. View of the lower printing roll; Fig. 9 is an end "View thereofi; nnli 10, 11 and. 12 are front, beck and ea views of one of the type plates.

(lhe'imeneion is capable of emioocliment in many different forms and in; essential specifics elementary mechanisms and parts, While codcpemlent in #:lie machine herein illustreeefi, ni'c capable of employment alone or in con g'unction with less than the Whole number of said elements; and, as will he unllers'cooel from the following, the invention is not com lined to the certain or specific constructions. illustrated in the drawings, es'hotli the com struci'ion and. arrangement of the elements and. parts thereof may be readily moclifiml by one skilled in the art, WlfiiiOUt departing from-the spirit of the invention. As here illustrated, the invention is in the form of a: sn'mll compact machine, nclap'tell to be placed upon a table or desk and to he operated by a person standing or sitting be- A thorough unolerstaniling of lhe invention will be facilitated. by seer mention s.n& description of the principhl elements and elementary incclnniisnis composing the ma chine herein shown.

fin endless conveyer, ll, preferably econeying a horizontal plane, is nrrnngml iii-e. light frame, A, and means (pieferehly a crank) are employed for rotating; the conveyer. Above the rear end of the conveyer is a. holder, C, to receive a stack of type plates, 1'. In front of the holder is an ink ing device, Da. The ccnveyer, B, is 'prcwielecl with lugs or pins. which engege thew-bottom ice plate, l, in the holder. The plates are there' lay successively extracted from the holder, G, and llie gype are inked as the plates pass he are inking device, D. Associated with 5, upper part of ihe conveyer is a light 5 heel or plate, F, having grooves for the belts, The printing mechanism Which co'c pei'aces with successive type-plates, to impress the addresses upon envelope, E, which are sai ably iecl thereto, is arranged. at the for-- 19 warcl end oi the conveyer and preferably com arises two simple rolls, G and H, be liveen which she plates, P, and envelops, E, The larger (G) of the printing or pressure rolls is preferably mounted on thel 15 shall; ah the forward encl of the conveyer, B, anal she other roller, H, yieldingly helcl above to afford the necessary pressure upon the type; [in envelop receptacle or feeeer, l, is arranged above the conveyer, B, near the upper priming roller, H, and. by

means of a simple mechanism operating aii- I tomatically, the envelops, l!, are permitted. to pass between the rollsgG and. H, one by one, in time to meet the type plates. An en- 25 velop stacking device, K, is arranged in.

front of the printing rolls to receive the en" vel'ops. The type plate recovering or 1festacking device has for its chief elemenji a drawer or slide, L, placed in the lower ari:

so of the frame, A, beneath the conveyei", I in psition to receive the type-plates as they fall away from lhe forward end ofthe coreveyer. A. packer, M, actuated. from the conveyer shaft and operating above the for W11(l end of the drawer, l engages each "plate as it drops into the drawer and. moves it back to make room for the neat plate. ,The equipment of lhe machine includes a number of these arawers fillecl with type-- plates, and in operating the machine stack of plaice is eraptiecl from. a drawer, L, into the holder, at the rear end of the machine, The crop drawer is then place in the lower part c the machine in readito receive the s' ne plates as fast as they used; Thus the machine is completed and. made ready for use. A number of envelops, E, are placed in che feeder, I, at the forwarcl'enc'. of the machine. l Vhen the so coi'iveyer, B, is operated (by the crank shown) the type plates and lhe envelope are automatically feel between the printing rolls,

" aml l, the operation of the machine hecons hated by the stacking the en f5 "velops in the may, E31, the replacing or packing of the typoplates in the plate drawer, L. The reillerl drawer is then remove om the machine and the o'oei'ation is, or may be, repealed with the contents of so another drawer.

llurihcr referring to the drawings for deieils of construciion it will be seen that the two sirle frames, a an are joined by the helf, a, and. at. the top mounted in hearings, of and a res, At intervals the bells are eon: peed.

deep ribs, 12

' the plate is longer chan. the am .e, F The rahly a. incl: ing prov? J with chcelr. f side plates, which nearlyto of the frame, at its iorWai-c "pieces, a serve as guides for t viim pla 'as hereinafter explained. The bed phi I itains grooves, j, in its edges, 1 sg'yi'ecket belts coii'ipesing the col 1v The middle portion, f of the pl t V 1 and 2) is flat from en supports the plates and. the belts them thereon. edges, 7, of plate serve as guides l Ol' the type-plat The side frames, (1 coniain the a:

joined by the f way or shelf, a, i

heariii s, a and at the epposiie c; proviclecl with hearings, a a1 l shafts of the hereinafter (lGSCl or pressure rolls, G and The conveyer, CO1 chains or belts, b b tog wheels on the shafts, hi I).

or wish which it b-, extending fr m the sides cl :Ehe for extracting typeplates. holder or magazine, C. or on the shaft, 5 when l to be opei'aterl by ham}, and available the crank 's repace Wheel or the like Well shown in l igs. each type plate comprises plai 3), having on iss hac As shown plates, when stacked, downwardly, one resizing on 0c: the ribs of one holding is oi the type, the o'her- .lherear, or ec and an s, or ears, p are ierreerl on the plate.

P is carcl all-ac struck ifp lugs, l, which is reversely ee lines of h pe plate in order as the; a, gituclinal position. in. the mach the envelop, when printed.

The lowermost plaie rests upon the supper? l -When rear en ribs, p", are eng eo. by

Eli veycr lugs, h the pla ce pas;

p a s i beneath the other plates, am. the inking device, T7, t een the rolls G and. ll, 11 finally discharged inico the (lTlWQi', l latter is of the Wlflllll of the lower par The plate, and l'ience, the cars oi each hook over the longitudinal edges (:5 drawer, and thus ihe plates are supp in slightly inclined position rein showns The plate hole-lei or magizine {E COZIijill a. block, and standards, a, cfiwhich rise therefrom and are connected at the top by cross brace, 0 The block, 0 rests on the top of the frame and is detachably secured thereto by three set screws, 0, .the block, c ring corresponding key holes to fac1litats the detachment of the magazine. On ear-h standard, 0, is hinged a supplementary section, 0, having an inwardly turned flange, 0 to engage the ends of the ears, 7;, on the plates, P, as best shown in Figs. 1 and 'lhehinged'parts, c, are held in po- 21 by springs, 0 in the hinges, and may be simultaneously opened by grasping the short levers, c thereon. When opened they permit the plates to be placed in the holder from the front side thereof. The lower ends of the flanges, 0', of hinged sections, 0 are cut away to allow the bottom plate to leave the holder, (see Fig. 2), that is, they stand above the level of the surface, f In leaviin the holder the plates are guided by the engagement oftheir ribs, with the edges,

f, o: the portion, F.

The printing mechanism proper, wherein the type pressed against the envelope, etc. or cards, comprises the two rolls, G

T The roll G is on the same shaft, the sprocket wheels of the conveyor. shaft, 6 is adapted to rotate in its s, a, but is otherwise held aga nst aent. The shaft it, on the other hand, yacldingly held by means of spring pressed hearings or boxes, a, These boxes also. move up and down in the elongated openings in the frame and rise therein when an envelop and a plate pass between the rolls.

other times the boxes, a", rest e hottoms of the openings. The roll is pr erably made of incompressible ma l while the roll H is made of soft coniion, like a printers roll. The short roll parts, 72- on the shaft, It, are of less pliable rubber and coact with the roll H in the en- 'a'elop feeding operation. For convenience, the roll sections H and it? are placed or formed on a sleeve which in turn is fixed on the shaft, it. The shafts, it and b, are connected by gears, 7L and it". These gears are proportioned to each other in the same ratio as the peripheries of the rolls so that the peripheral speeds of the rolls G and H are the same. The roll G is also provided with parts which assist in feeding the envelops, co-wit, the cam surfaces, g and grooves, g

The envelop-feeding mechanism comprises the partsabove mentioned together with an envelop holder or tray, and so,- called restraining devices and stop-fingers, 2' which latter are operated by cams on the roll G. The fingers, i, are-provided with upwardly turned or hooked ends, i and are fastened upon the forward end of the bad plate F. The space between the rolls G ,ate to hold back the second the plate, 2' is presented to the intake side 'of the roll, H, and may be adjusted back and forth with relation thereto. Before the other parts are placed thereon two wide rubber bands, are put on the plate. Llhese bands turn about the forw'ard'ede;e of the plate, 2, and projecting slightly. therefrom constitute the restraining devices before referred to. The rubber' ends of the restrain ing devices are indicated as, '5. They open or next to the front envelop in the holder.

The bottom 'of the envelop holden formed by two inclined bottom strips, 5

which are fastened upon the adjustable plate, i which bears the rubber bands or other restraining' device, 2 The rear eiids of the inclined plate, t contain bearings hi? notches, i", which receive the shaft of the inlring roll. The sides of the envelop holder are formed by the two plates, i which have toot pieces, 6 containing slots and secured to the plate, 2' by set screws, 2' which per-mi the sides, 2*, of the envelop holder to beadjusted toward and from each other as required to fit envelops of dii ferent widths. A rod f extending through the sides, and adjustable in different notches, 2'", thereof, serves to hold the loose packet envelope, E, at the proper inclination. The envelope are placed on edge on the inclined strip's,,-, and of their own weight sink to the lower ends thereof, thereby pressing the first en velop against the intake side of roll H. i

. The operation of the envelop feeding mechanism is as follows: The roll, H, being rotated draws down the first envelop,.and through the medium thereof presses the sec- 'ond envelop firmly upon the restraining devices, t. It is assisted. in this by the fact that the parts, i, are adjacent the soft roll, H, which yields to the envelope while the less pliable ends, If, tend to hold back the corners of the envelop and thus hold there. back upon the inclined strips or "ways, \Vhen the first envelop is drawn down, it is caught by the lingers, which are then elevated as shown in Fig. Rotation of the roll G, causes the fingers to drop into the grooves, 'g, (as shown in. Fig. 3), thereby releasing the envelop, slightly in advance oi" the arrival of the type-plate. From that time on, the envelop and the plate pass be tween the rolls as represented in 4:,

. riiu the address or. the envelop mil 0. charsgi envelop ad the ll'hen the upper end of the on passes below the lower end of the second. e11- \lJlOiJ, the latter instantly drops between the restraining devices and. the roll, H, and is carried down. until stopped the fingers, 5, which by that time have returned to their raised position. The ,roll G is fastened to the shaft, 1), as by a set screw or pin, (Eiee Fig. 8.} the fingers, 'i, with relation to the lugs upon the couvever belt :hiue may be adapted tot is o envelope ofdilierent lengths, rat by hastening fingers, the ens"art between the "nee or a greater ling; type-plate. to adjust the l rolls either at a. d stance ahead 0.. lo tuis manner iuacl'iifoe to place velcg my dick position of the cam with reference to cou cyer belts deterhe operation of the fingers, 2 and the aesirel adyustability 18 secured by moving the rollwlth respect o l sprocket wheels on sh 0 To this end curved slots, 6 providcc. in the sprocket wheels 'aiod screws, 9 or ose into thev rol, ll. metal 1 preferably ilqfml iii the roll recciic the screws. Ly loosening; one 1 screws both sproclrl' wheels may ied from. the roll, G, and there A b roll may be turned with relation Le sprocket wheels to properly time rise and fall of the fingers, i. t will noted that tl e metal tube, g, is shorter comprises an inkzf (Z of which is held in the envelop holder.

on the ends the-shaft, (Z hold the roll out of Contact with the bed plate, i (in the other ha .1 the space too slight to permit the o .igz o of a vlate withol'lt rais' the roll. 0 .Jcrmit the roll to rise l out at the same time 2 press upon the type, a SDYIDQ' yoke. a".

4 'llns yoke rests o of the roll and 1S l s 11 mo time shaitt at the Ti is 74 "L i ooun by a spring, a llLS pressuie s ad usted by means of a screw,

.f The roll moves "freely when struck by a passing By timing the operation of he coiweyer i the roll and that when the screw,

. to keep the shaft and type inks the tray for envelops of difierent lengths is permitted bythe seiferal holes, Z0 therein, (see Fig. 7). The envelops are forcibly ejected by. the "printing rolls but strike the high end, 0 of the tray and fall into the bottom thereof. i v i As before stated the plate drawer having been emptied is placed in the lower part of the machine, in position to again eceive the plates. Each plate when ejected by rolls falls upon the cross plate, J, (oXllfi/Ildlll between the cheeks, a a The outer guides, j, providedou the inner sides of cheeks, 0, intercept the lugs or ears on the plates and prevent the plates from being thrown {too far forward. They therefore drop directly down. into the forward engage the plates, the instant after each falls into the drawer. The bell cratiks are operated by the yoke or lever, m, pivoted as shown, andhaving slot and pin connections, m", w th the bell cranks, M. The lever, m, is operated from eoeentricsm on the shaft, Z), beingconneete d therewith'by the rods, m. The operation of the packer is as follows: lhe rearward or packing? movement of thebell crank studs, m

completed at about the time that the plate begins to pass through the printing" rolls. and tlie'studs then begin their return stroke, in the direction indicated in Fig. 4-, leaving space in the front of the drawer to receive plate by the time it falls, as indicated in Fig. 5. The. packer continues the movement for a space of time and then returns l-is toward the plates and; engaging the plate last to enter the drawer forces it and all of the other plates bacln ardlytherein. The plates hang upon the upper edges of the drawer and also rest upon toe'bottom of the drawer. In this position theyslide freely and oppose Very little resistance to the action ofthe packer. The shelf, a is open at both ends and the drawer may be withdrawn from either end of the machine; but in case offihe machine precede'sJt-he feregeieg ie ,fieile i description and. the epei'efiiene of the several parts and. uempoi eet in magazine rising M Sm have been described in eenneetien miziiti'ie explanation of their form and 2111*" eiiieniz it is deemed unneceseary Ce of the machine.

liming thus cieserib claim as new and. desire P .erefrom, mid

i. hold a shack type piates eaei .ving iengitu Hy diepesee 421mribs elepen iing fromthe 1111 8! a if m?- porting section, we eei'weyee "5 e mine ranged to en a e the si ing one plate a time liibili w viziiie and along said bed.

'2. In an addressing machine a mechanism, in combinetien ii. plate feeder, an inciineti chute charge side of said. meghenissei .i justzibie combing flipper lewez" guides; fer arresting each ei'xf. emeipg it to assume an upright pesisi drawer to receive the "plates frem eeiei chute, substentiaiiy as aiesc'sibed.

In :m addressing machine, frame in combina'bien with an, eivliess bei; east-p arranged for rsteiietd therein, meal anisfn at end 0%. :1 type plate magazine 21': fiiie said (Ema- 83 912, said magazine e0? up'gigiias rigidly supperied. by and su-imbiy QQ'LIH' haze, 05'?- engie bare hinged ward e fgireseing machine,

bed plate, having; a,

with gram/es its W wing ii said greeves, 1 l

:m' tram the ewes 0% sum nei'ae ,0 :1 3i :1 type in i emieci bette 5. an pi'm'ideii "i'vlilh I the 131503 of 57' ei'atiiigi'nse aid 112W extending lugs e3 th .ype plate ribs, a type ei-sic zm 'azme d suitabie ally e5 fieseribecl printing means means be ii, In an midressmg machine, e eel plate having upger sui'siece iii eembination with cenveyer belts. in type plate magazine e11 inking milshefa, an inking 1101i thereem carrying eiieks normally resting upon said pie se, a spring pressed yoke bearing an said. shaft e printing mechanism, euw stemieliy described.

7.111 an acidiressing machine a frame in cembinaiion Wifih type 91m ffieecier, printing $0335 and their respect? shefas to re eeive jpiwiiee' herefrem, vertically movable spying bemriiw'e wherein the shaft of the u Q3961 r01 is held an eziveie; aiming tween said. mils, one of said r0115 mtatebie te adjust said being reietiveiy timing 8. addressing machine, gab-frame in cembinm'sien with an endless sele convey eihaving iugs t0 engage type }}i&t3,. the spi'oeiie't wheels at? said sew/ i", av she???) 'whereon said sprocket IflOUHiJEfi,

3e reii arranged between SfliKISEBEOCkB'i; Wheeis in sand mm and of. iess length, curve-6.

aims in said spi' frame, a mechanism fie?) einmlizeneweiy eeituefiing said creeks to ierce type piaees reaiwm'aiiy as ifhey iii-eeimi'ged fl-em printi g mechanism, meunteai in said me for receiving sai. plates said drawer Ufifl g dieneeed. between said erenks and :Eree' from said frame wif v'ii ezmi emeie :mei eat-mating meeheime i0 in edlreseing machine, a drawer sue-porianti :1 drawer." TQKIIGVZLbiE thereby, in eembinetiee with m i'yee piete ewe above the same, beii cranks ineunted on said suppo -ig for operzitien viz the 0f an fi. abev-e the ch-awe]? and; aflapte t0 engage wfihe ends 03% the type piatesye ye e or actuating; said beii cranks simulizm'zee and means for eperating said yeke, sue iaiiy as riescribe-ci.

11. En messing machine, a frame in combination with a plate holder neunb ed. on the rear end 055 said irame, a type piate feeding mechanism mounted in said frame, a printing mechanism mounted in the forward end of said frame anci co-acting i pecker cranks with said feeding mechanism, a plate receiver arranged below said feeding mechanism and printing mechanism, oscillating beneath said printing mechanism at the iorwaril side thereof and above the iespeetire sides of said plate receiver, end ineuns for periodically causing said to the ends of successive eiver.

12. in en unldr mg machine, a frame, in eonlbnmion 'W."Cl1 e type-Mute holder thereon, a typeplute feeder, a printing mechanism n'ionnted in said frame, one'inember of said printing mechanism being 10 est-ed above said feeder, and comprising a;

roll, an envelop holder having a rubber shod metal erl 'e subsmntially parallel with and adjacent no the intake side of :eicl roll, rubber shod rolls concentric with said roll and adjacent to the rubber upon sire metal edge of said. envelop holder, substantially es described,

In an addressing; machine, 2 frame,

combination with e type plate holrier thereon, type plate feeder, a printing I,

mechanism mounted in said frame, one member of said printing mechanism being located above said feeder, and comprising a he zontal rotating roll of soft composition, an

I have hereunto set my hand, ibis 26th clay of E m/ember, v

190?, in the presence of two miknesses.

EL ifi Witnesses 7 e Gnomes Hummer, 

